Speciation - The process of creating a new species, Genetic Drift - Random event that reduces genetic diversity , Gene Flow - Populations inter breeding which increase genetic diversity, Behavioral isolation - behaviors or courtships that prevent species from inter breeding, Geographic isolation - a physical barrier that prevents species from inter breeding, Temporal isolation - different times of mating that prevent species from interbreeding, Stabilizing Selection - When middle or medium traits are favored in natural selection, Diversifying/ Disruptive Selection - When two extreme traits are favored in natural selection, Directional Selection - When one extreme trait is favored in natural selection, Mutations - a change in DNA , Allele Frequency - How many traits in a given population , Recombination - Crossing over of segments of DNA in meiosis and increases genetic diversity and variation, Abrupt appearance - provides evidence of an increase in biodiversity and an unstable environment, Homologies - Using similarities to compare structures, DNA, and development as evidence of evolution, Biogeography - study of geographical distribution of animals and plants,

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